Arduino 1.6.7 with ESP8266 support

Using Arduino 1.6.7 with ESP8266 support is easy as is with any Arduino supported boards.

Installation:

1 The Arduino 1.6.7 can be downloaded here. After the zip file has been extracted, go to File -> Preferences and paste http://arduino.esp8266.com/stable/package_esp8266com_index.json in theAdditional Boards Manager URLs input. Click OK and go to Tools -> Board -> Board Manager... and search for ESP8266. The should be a esp8266 by ESP8266 Community package. I have installed the version 2.1.0 of that package.